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" Being mayor is about offering a vision for the city, putting the right people in the right place, and executing that vision. "

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" The history of blackness is also a history of erasure. "

" I'm a black, gay man, and I should be able to live in a world where I'm able to live in the complexity of my identity in a way that is safe and secure, like everyone else. "

" Trump wants to take us back to a time when people like him could abuse others with little to no consequence, when people like him could exploit the labor of others to build vast amounts of wealth, when people like him could create public policy that specifically benefited them while suppressing the rights and social mobility of others. "

" When I tweet, I'm mostly preaching to the choir. "

" Too often, the elected individuals we put our public trust in disappoint us. "

" I have a platform, and I can help. I can be in spaces that reporters will never be in because I'm a protester. "

" Sometimes, the hate that I endure is not necessarily about me but about the space I'm in. "

" I am often asked what it is like to be on the 'front line.' But I do not use the term 'front line' to describe us, the protesters. Because everywhere in America, wherever we are, our blackness puts us in close proximity to police violence. "

" I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much. "

" I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader. "

" The first time I was ever impressed with Patagonia as a brand was when they released the 'Don't Buy This Jacket' campaign. That campaign highlighted their understanding of their role in a larger environmental justice space. "

" I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy. "

" If you close your eyes and think about where you feel the most safe, you're probably not going to tell me it's in a room full of police. You feel safe where you're around people that love you, when you have food and shelter, when you're being pushed to be your best self and learn. "

" We question these issues of race and struggle and white privilege because we know that those issues are real and because those issues have real implications in black communities. And white supremacy is not only dangerous, but it is deadly. "

" I'm not convinced that stealing an iPhone is a felony or stealing a bike is a felony. "

" I take statements that portray untrue statements about me seriously. "

" People in power make the path to power. It means that we will always get the same system, and it's one that is not necessarily in the interest of people's lives. "

" We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time. "

" I think that Silicon Valley and technology can play a huge role in redefining what community looks like and how people come together and what authentic relationships look like, but that is not only their burden. "

" Everybody has told the story of black people in struggle except black people. The black people in the struggle haven't had the means to tell the story historically. There were a million slaves, but you see very few slave narratives. And that is intentional. "

" I think Twitter is an incredible platform. I want to see it succeed. "

" I will never forget the first time I was teargassed or the night I hid under my steering wheel as the SWAT vehicle drove down a residential street. I will never forget that it was illegal - in St Louis, in the fall of 2014 - to stand still. "

" Some people are more interested in fighting than winning. "

" I think the reality is that there's a role for everybody to play in the work of social justice and that we have to organize everybody. That means that Silicon Valley has to be organized, the fashion industry has to be organized, the formerly incarcerated have to be organized, the teachers. "

" Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible. "

" I grew up in a world of Officer Friendly. It was just the image I had. "

" People often confuse visibility with a lot of other things. Sometimes I become a proxy for things that just aren't true about me. People will say, 'DeRay got millions of dollars in grants.' That's just not true... I'm broke. "

" People are more afraid of black unity than black rage. "

" Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal. "

" So many of us don't know what we want; we just know we don't want what we have. We spend 99% of the time talking about how bad it is, but only 1% of the time talking about how we can do something about it. "